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Issue 24 April 2013 (current issue)

D-Wave Adiabatic Quantum Computing System to be Installed at NASA's Ames Research Center May 17, 2013 (HE75U – updated May 23). - D-Wave Systems, Inc. (http://www.dwavesys.com/), the company working to commercialize quantum computation using superconducting technologies, announced that its new 512-bit adiabatic quantum computing system, the D-Wave Two, will be installed at the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. (Read more )

Eccoflow Project Workshop May 6, 2013 (A214).  An Eccoflow  EU project Workshop will be held in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on September 20, 2013. The main objective of this workshop is to present the EC Eccoflow project including the visit of the superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) under operation in the ENDESA's substation and to exchange about the SFCL possibilities in grids as well as the requirements from the utilities and their needs.  (Read more )

Cryogenic Computing Complexity (C3) Proposers’ Day Presentations May 3, 2013 (HE74).   The United States government presentations from the March 12 Proposers' Day for the Cryogenic Computing Complexity (C3) program (see A197) have been posted on the web... (Read more )

VORTEX VIII to be Held on Rhodes Island May 3, 2013 (A212).  The eight international conference in school format “Vortex Matter in Nanostructured Superconductors” (VORTEX VIII) will be held on the Greek Island of Rhodes, from September 21 to 26, 2013.  (Read more )

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